Bob Blackman
@bblackman.bsky.social
Author of The Horsepower Whisperer, The Wormton Lamb and Engine Punk blogger
Today I was marshalling on the Bodmin Heights Trial where two sections for cars, bikes and sidecar outfits loop around a disused railway line before heading out and over the railway bridge
January 18, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Today I was marshalling on the Bodmin Heights Trial where two sections for cars, bikes and sidecar outfits loop around a disused railway line before heading out and over the railway bridge
On the Tamar Trial last Sunday
October 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
On the Tamar Trial last Sunday
St Clether Holy Well and Chapel
October 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
St Clether Holy Well and Chapel
Wonderful holiday in France, riding mechanical elephants, seeing 15,000 sculptures and slightly more modern rolling sculpture in the shape and form of this AC Aceca
September 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Wonderful holiday in France, riding mechanical elephants, seeing 15,000 sculptures and slightly more modern rolling sculpture in the shape and form of this AC Aceca
Steampunk elephant ride in Nantes
September 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Steampunk elephant ride in Nantes
At the Imp Club National rally at Alfold
August 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
At the Imp Club National rally at Alfold
The Red Barrows flying through flames at Bradninch Music Festival
June 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The Red Barrows flying through flames at Bradninch Music Festival
Kenidjack Valley and the Crowns engine houses at Botallack yesterday
June 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Kenidjack Valley and the Crowns engine houses at Botallack yesterday
Back to Blighty on Eurostar after a trip full of wonder, skiing derring-do, art, culture and great company to Paris, Tignes, Domodosalla, Florence, Nice and Paris again.
March 31, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Back to Blighty on Eurostar after a trip full of wonder, skiing derring-do, art, culture and great company to Paris, Tignes, Domodosalla, Florence, Nice and Paris again.
Lower front wishbone nut didn't wanna went. I split a socket on it but ground the nut back after trying my trusty nut splitter and then hammered it off with a drift
February 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Lower front wishbone nut didn't wanna went. I split a socket on it but ground the nut back after trying my trusty nut splitter and then hammered it off with a drift
It's the intermission during The Brutalist
January 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
It's the intermission during The Brutalist
Me First and The Gimme Gimmes (supported by The Briefs) in Brixton followed by The Unthanks in Bodmin
December 19, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Me First and The Gimme Gimmes (supported by The Briefs) in Brixton followed by The Unthanks in Bodmin